Category: Movies / TV
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Now You See Me 2
Back in 2013 Catherine and me went on a date night to the Odeon in the Metro Centre. Generally our experience of the cinema had been a shrug and “yeah, it was alright”. So to set this date night on the right track we upgraded our seats to the Gallery and trough-ed lots of sweets,…
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The Secret Life of Pets
A little under two weeks after we waved goodbye to our dog sitting duties, Cat spotted that The Secret Life of Pets was released at Vue Cinema. The film had sort of skipped under the radar and didn’t seem to have that much hype about it. And sadly (in a way), when I realised it…
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The Jungle Book
Nearly 50 years ago, Walt Disney released the original animated version of the Jungle Book. Inspired by the book of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. The was also the last animated film that Walt Disney himself produced. Obviously I can’t remember the original release, but I can remember my Mum taking me to see a…
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Eddie the Eagle
The last time my Mum had been to the cinema was nearly 20 years ago. My Dad had taken her to see Titanic on the big screen. It was a big event that my Dad was clearly looking forward to as he was the kind of person who’d wait “until it was on the tv…
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Deadpool is NOT a super hero film!
You may have noticed we go to the cinema quite a lot. This is because we are Vitality Life members and I’ll explain more in a few weeks time, but for now lets just say that it is Life insurance with benefits! Deadpool I had managed to miss all the hype behind this film, even…
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Is the Goosebumps movie too scary for kids?
After seeing the Goosebumps movie advertised in a trailer last year, I thought that looks like a good movie to take Imogen to. She’s 8 years old now and some of the family movies we take both our kids too seem too baby-ish. I also instantly thought, is the Goosebumps movie too scary for kids?…